SoC DV Lead
About Celestial AI As the industry strives to meet the demands of the AI workloads, bottlenecks in data transfers between processors and memory have hindered progress. The Photonic Fabric based Memory Fabric provides an optically scalable solution to the 'Memory Wall' problem, enabling tens of Terabytes of memory capacity at full HBM bandwidths with low tens of nanoseconds of latency and extremely low power. The Photonic Fabric based Compute Fabric enables Terabyte class bandwidth between compute nodes at low latency and power. Photonic Fabric delivers a transformative leap in AI system performance, ten years more advanced than existing technologies. Description As a SoC Design Verification Lead, you will be responsible to lead the DV effort for Celestial AI/ML SoC. You will be responsible for verification execution, driving efficiencies in verification strategy for an SoC from pre-silicon simulation through post silicon validation and through the SoC production You would have organizational leadership experience in supporting high-performance teams and processes, be a strategic problem-solver with demonstrated collaboration and communication skills. Responsibilities: Lead DV effort to define and review verification and validation testplans at block, IP and SoC Build, manage and mentor a team of ASIC/SoC verification engineers - including managing external verification contractors/consultants. Work with ASIC/SoC design team to manage critical milestones and deliveries Work with Architecture, Design and Verification technical leads to shape the SoC verification methodologies and processes and to ensure DV reusability Work with software team to validate complete tool chain including running real world use cases on verification models Create coverage driven verification plans from specification, review and refine to achieve coverage targets Provide technical leadership through mentorship and strong teamwork Requirements: Natural leader who enjoys working with hardware and software development teams Excellent organization skills to prioritize requirements. Experience in pre-silicon verification with developing and maintaining complex SoC design verification environments in OVM, UVM and System Verilog -experience with High Level Synthesis and System C preferred Hands-on experience in execution of verification plans Successful tapeout of IP, CPU, GPU, AI/ML or any complex SoC development highly desirable. Prior verification experience in PCIe, on-chip memory, ARM AXI, APB protocols and on-chip NOC Experience in Python and scripting. Team player that proactively engages with cross functional engineering teams. Experience working with and directing external contractors and verification consultants BSEE + 10 years of relevant design verification and management experience For California location: As an early startup experiencing explosive growth, we offer an extremely attractive total compensation package, inclusive of competitive base salary and a generous grant of our valuable early-stage equity. The target base salary for this role is approximately $200,000.00 - $225,000.00. The base salary offered may be slightly higher or lower than the target base salary, based on the final scope as determined by the depth of the experience and skills demonstrated by candidate in the interviews. We offer great benefits (health, vision, dental and life insurance), collaborative and continuous learning work environment, where you will get a chance to work with smart and dedicated people engaged in developing the next generation architecture for high performance computing. Celestial AI Inc. is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. #LI-Onsite Apply Job!